Sarah Werner, cv

Below is a brief version of my c.v.; a full version is available here.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Undergraduate Program Director (2006- ) and Scholarly Outreach Coordinator (2011- ), Folger Shakespeare Library
  • Associate Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly, 2009-
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of English, Georgetown University, 2003-04
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of English, George Mason University, 2001-02
  • Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Departments of English and of Theatre and Dance, George Washington University, 2000-01
  • Postdoctoral Lecturer, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1996-98

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., English, University of Pennsylvania, 1996
  • B.A. cum laude, English, Bryn Mawr College, 1990

PUBLICATIONS

long (monographs, collections, editions):

medium (journal articles, book chapters):

short (reviews, interviews):

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

  • “Material Texts and the Challenges of Digitization.” GW Digital Humanities Symposium, George Washington University, January 2013.
  • “Where Material Book Culture Meets Digital Humanities.” Geographies of Desire, University of Maryland, April 2012.
  • “Tracing Theatrical Language.” Language Incorporated: Shakespeare’s World of Words. The Shakespeare and Performance Research Team, McGill University. Montreal, November 2011.
  • “Discrete Parts: The Relationship of Text and Performance in Editions of Shakespeare.” SCAENA: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries: Performance and Adaptation. Cambridge, UK, July 2008.
  • “Working with Performance Criticism.” Mary Baldwin University, September 2008.
  • “Textualizing Performance and Theatricalizing Books in Shakespeare Editions.” The McGill Shakespeare and Performance Research Team. Montreal, March 2008.
  • “Arming Cordelia.” Contestation and Renewal in Early Modern Studies: A Conference in Honor of Phyllis Rackin. University of Pennsylvania, March 2002.

CONFERENCES

Presenter:

Seminar, workshop, or panel organizer:

  • “Non-Shakespearean Drama and Performance.” Co-director with Pascale Aebsicher. Shakespeare  Association of America. Boston, April 2012.
  • “Old Books and New Tools.” Modern Language Association. Seattle, January 2012.
  • “Teaching Print Culture: a roundtable discussion.” Rethinking Early Modern Print Culture. Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. Toronto, October 2010.
  • “Editing in Action.” Workshop organizer. Renaissance Drama in Action. Toronto, November 2006.
  • “Editing for Performance.” Co-director with Margaret Jane Kidnie. Shakespeare Association of America. New Orleans, April 2004.

Seminar or workshop participant:

  • THATCamp CHNM. Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, June 2012.
  • THATCamp Publishing. Baltimore, October 2011.
  • THATCamp: CHNM. Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, June 2011.
  • “Using Shakespeare Quartos Archive to teach copy-specific book history.” Shakespeare Association of America. Bellevue, Washington, April 2011.
  • “Questions about studying Shakespeare and performance, or, I do SOVRDTP.” Shakespeare Association of America. Washington DC, April 2009.
  • “Enter from the Margins: A Study in Glossing Performance.” Shakespeare Association of America. Dallas, March 2008.
  • “Shakespeare and Cross-Racial Casting: Adrian Lester’s Rosalind.” Shakespeare Association of America. Philadelphia, April 2006.
  • “Performance Concerns in Editing Non-Shakespearean Drama.” Shakespeare Association of America. Bermuda, April 2005.

COURSES TAUGHT

History of the Book:

  • Books and Early Modern Culture: an advanced undergraduate level seminar drawing on book history and early modern rare materials taught at the Folger Shakespeare Library to students primarily from The George Washington University and Georgetown University (fall and spring semesters from Fall 2007 through Spring 2013)

Shakespeare:

  • Introductory level courses organized by genre; Georgetown (Fall 2003), George Mason University (Spring 2002, Fall 2001), and the University of Pennsylvania (Fall 1997, Fall 1996)
  • The Gender of Shakespeare: an advanced level seminar on Shakespeare and gender and cultural studies; McGill University (Spring 1999)

Early modern drama and literature:

  • Studying Renaissance Drama and Performance: a graduate level seminar on theories and practices of performance as explored through Renaissance plays; GW (Spring 2010)
  • Renaissance Drama and Performance Criticism: an undergraduate advanced level seminar; Georgetown (Spring 2004)
  • Introduction to Early Modern Theatre: an introductory level course on non-Shakespeare Renaissance drama; Georgetown (Fall 2003)

ACADEMIC SERVICE, COURSE PARTICIPATION, AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

  • Committee member, New Variorum Shakespeare Committee, Modern Language Assocation, 2012-
  • Seminar member, “Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description,” Rare Book School, Charlottesville, VA, Summer 2012
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Green Acres School, 2011- ; co-chair, Nominations Committee 2012-13
  • Seminar member, “Making Paradise Lost,” Folger Institute, Spring 2011
  • External examiner, Senior honors, Swarthmore College, Spring 2011
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School, 2009-2012
  • Co-President, Board of Directors, Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School, 2007-2009
  • Seminar member, “Early Modern English Paleography,” Folger Institute, Fall 2007
  • Seminar member, “Teaching the History of the Book,” Rare Book School, Charlottesville, VA, Summer 2007
  • Seminar member, “Remembering Theatre,” Folger Institute, Spring 2006
  • Performance Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly, 2003-2009
  • Manuscript reviewer for Shakespeare Quarterly, Theatre Journal, Shakespeare Bulletin, Blackwell-Wiley Press, Boydell & Brewer, Northwestern University Press